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January 20, 2008

Animal Tracks!

It's too cold to play outside today (and probably tomorrow, too--the forecast is for a high of 15 degrees F, with snow squalls and winds in the 25-35 mph range), but as soon as we can, we plan to go on an animal track hunt. I expect we'll find squirrels, rabbits, dogs, cats and maybe a few birds or mice (if the conditions are right for a good print!), and, who knows? Maybe even some raccoon and deer tracks, too! It would be so fun to find even more. I'm excited to get to it!

And I found this really great website--just click on an animal name to go to a very thorough page detailing what to look for--illustrations and photos showing the animal, prints, tracks, scat and so on. It's very nicely done!

We'll be rounding out these activities with some warm hot chocolate and buttered popcorn, while we string cranberries and (dry) popcorn, and make pine cone and breadcrust birdfeeders to hang in the trees. We'll probably mostly feed the squirrels, but I'm hopeful that a cardinal or chickadee will find its way to our yard as well!

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